The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-16
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Palatka's garbage is being burned on the
outskirts of the town.
Waldo is shipping an unusually large
yield of LeConte years, peaches and grapes.
Tompknsville will make an effort to Sc
cure the new court house for Citrus county
and the jail.
The Eustis Lake Region alleges that the
delinquent tax list as published is from
three to four times larger than the facts
would justify.
The building of the Jacksonville Manatee
and Gulf railroad seems to be fact of the
near future. Plant City and Palma Sofa
will then be but two hours apart.
James C, Croft, of Macon, has already
shipped 100 crates of tomatoes from less,
than one-half acre of land at an average
profit, clear of freight, of about 75c per
crate.
A rigid quarantine is now in force at
Palma Sofa, at the mouth of the Manatee
river. Rumors of boats having landed with
| refugees from Key West keep the inspect
ing officers ON the watch.
The mills of w. s. Warner, of Palma
Sofa, have shut down for the summer,
months-June, July and August. No vege-
table crates to make and no sale for lumber
during the rainy season makes dull times
for the mill owners.
The Palatka post office has Just received
an immense ), 100-pound safe, which was mt
in the office Monday afternoon. It will be
used for the safe keeping of registered pack
ages, stamps and other post office valuables,
and is both fire and burglar proof
The Lakeland Brass and String Band is
the latest organization, and as it has been
started by young men of push and perse-
verance, and withal musical talent, must be
a success. The instruments have been or
dered, and regular meetings will soon be
held for practice.
! The Supreme Court met at Tallahassee, at
| noon Tuesday, with all the Judges on the
bench and full attendance of attorneys from
different portions of the State Gov. Perry
had not accepted Chief Justice McWhorter's
| resignation, and he occupied his seat on the
Supreme bench as usual
An ice factory is soon to he built at Palma
Sofa for the accommodation of the fishing
trade, and Incidentally the profit of the
owners. The hundreds of tons of fish that
were shipped from there via Tampa last SEA-
son on Tampa ice will be cooled in the ice
factory and packed there.
The School Board of Duval county held
its regular meeting at the superlntcndent's
Office at Jacksonville Tuesday. Action was
taken upon the report Of the Board of
| Health and orders issued TO have all school
! houses and premises which had been the sub
ject Of complaint thoroughly cleansed and
repaired at once.
The heavy shipments of tomatoes. squash.
beans and watermeons that for the mast
! two months have made business lively ut
Palma Sofa have stopped, owing to the
decrease in prices in the Northern markets
Something over 10000 crates of early vege-
tables were forwarded duringl April and
May. The season has been an unusually
profitable one 30 the producers, $500 per
acre having been the best yield of several
small farms.
1t il doubtful whether there is another
town of the size of st Augustine in the United
States which contains so many dogs. The
most of these are worthless ours without
homes, but who go sueaking about seeking
what they can devour. IL any one has a
valuable dog that he cares for and wishes 10
keep The Press suggests that the city re-
quire him to procure a regular license there
for. This would largely Increase the rove
nue. of the city and the supernuous worthless
dogs could be gotten rid of
Messrs. Francis a. Long have begun a
piece Of work which will be great benefit
TO lnterlachen. About one mile east of the
town Is a huge pile Of sawdust, containing.
thousands of cords. Nlessrs. Francis (&
Long are having this sawdust teamed 10
town and spread upon the public roads
They have began with the sawdust at their
livery stable on Prosper street, and intend